yeah, no authority whatsoever.
tell that to the girls who are victims of "honor killings" in WESTERN EUROPE by their own fucking families because they dared do something as crazy as date a non-muslim
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1244406,00.html
BUT WAIT, ISLAMIC LAW HAS NO VALIDITY IN THE WEST!
so let's just set up this cultural institution that has no validity!